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Laptop Recommendation

My uncle's work has authorized him to spend up to $3500 on a new laptop or tablet for himself, he is looking for recommendations on what to buy.

He says he is a microsoft guy who will need office for all his work, but would also like to play video games while he's on airplanes. He hasn't provided anything more than that. I can ask him for more information if that's necessary, but if anybody has recommendations, they would be greatly appreciated.

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My uncle's work has authorized him to spend up to $3500 on a new laptop or tablet for himself, he is looking for recommendations on what to buy.

He says he is a microsoft guy who will need office for all his work, but would also like to play video games while he's on airplanes. He hasn't provided anything more than that. I can ask him for more information if that's necessary, but if anybody has recommendations, they would be greatly appreciated.

Windows 10 Pro because it has a lot of security features and convenience stuff for business.

17 inch monitor because 15 inch monitor for games is for the dogs.

The battery life is going to be crap with a good graphics card and 17 inch monitor, but there is no solution for that right? Battery: Li-polymer Battery, 4 cells (4s1p 4100mAh) 62.32wh
Ugh, maybe 15 inch monitor if most of the gaming is on airplanes so it will last the whole flight, but I can't stand tiny monitors.

The 970 evo is around $250 on Amazon and this laptop maker wants $320 to put it in, so might save $70 if you are comfortable putting it in yourself.

Competitors offer GTX 1060 which is 50% better than 1050 Ti and they use the same power I think.The graphics card on this custom laptop is the only thing that is a red flag for me, the 1060 is my minimum graphics card for a laptop.
Also a tiny ding since Cyber Power laptops are assembled in China, so using it for business would give me a tiny bit of unease if the business has major IP properties or national security concerns.https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/forum/good-laptop-specs_topic52607.html

Two sticks of 8GB each is better than 1 stick of 16GB because of the dual channel.
Certainly worth +$10

Another option to get a custom laptop appears to be Hidevolution.
Pick out your baby and then click the red 'learn more and customize' button and go to work.
They charge more money than Xoticpc or Cyberpowerpc, but the reviews on reddit are very nice.
Get what you pay for I guess.http://www.hidevolution.com/